Burlingame Pez Museum

It's been about 5 or 6 years since I've been to the Pez Museum in Burlingame so I am sure new dispensers have been added. The museum is really cool and we all remember the hundreds of different Pez characters; I even had my own collection when I was younger.

Now is your time to check out the Pez Museum- you will be amazed at how much memorabilia there is and you can find out about the history of the Pez.

Free admission to the museum the first Thursday of every month. Located at 214 California Drive in Burlingame.

For more information about the museum, click here.

Sounds on the Row

Santana Row in San Jose will be featuring free summer music performances each Thursday night at 7 p.m. It will take place at Park Valencia.

Performance Schedule:
June 18 Ray Soto (Latin/Jazz guitarist)
June 25 Kurt Anderson and Danny Hull (Classic standards and jazz)
July 2 Miena Yoo (contemporary compositions)
July 9 Kevin Kooyumjian (Jazz and other standards)
July 16 Kristina Sablan (singer/songwriter) with Darren Anderson and Travis Hogue (acoustic guitar duo)
July 23 Jonah (original R&B)
July 30 Fred McCarty (Adult Contemporary)

Visit the Web site at www.santanarow.com/events/

Stern Grove Festival

The season begins June 21 and runs through August 23 on Sundays at 2:00 p.m.

Location: Sigmund Stern Grove, 19th Ave. & Sloat, San Francisco

Admission: Free

Stern Grove Festival is San Francisco's celebration of community, nature, and the arts.

Every summer, Stern Grove Festival brings world-class performing arts to you, admission-free, in one of the country's most beautiful and unique natural settings.

Year after year, summer after summer, this is YOUR Festival!

2009 Lineup:
June 21 Roberta Flack (R&B)
June 28 Les Nubians (R&B/Jazz) / Rupa and the April Fishes (Folk Rock/Latin/Fusion)
July 5 San Francisco Symphony
July 12 Joan Baez (Folk) / Blame Sally (Folk/Pop)
July 19 Sergent Garcia (Hip Hop/Reggae/Salsa) / Curumin (Samba/Soul/Dub)
July 26 The Lyrics Born Revue (Hip Hop/Funk/Alternative) / The Mighty Underdogs (Hip Hop)
August 2 Kailash Kher Kailasa (Sufi Folk/Modern Rock) / Delhi 2 Dublin (Celtic-Indian Fusion)
August 9 Toto La Momposina (Colombian/Afro-Latin) / Nation Beat (Afro-Brazilian)
August 16 San Francisco Ballet
August 23 San Francisco Opera


www.sterngrove.org

Alice's Summerthing

Radio station Alice at 97.3 puts on a free show annually in Golden Gate Park. This year's concert will be held on Sunday, June 21 at Speedway Meadow from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. This show is free so no tickets are needed. For more information, visit Radio Alice's Web site.

Musical performances by:

• Gavin Rossdale
  
• Sugar Ray
• Matt Nathanson
• Parachute

SF Bicycle Music Festival

On June 20, check out this fabulous FREE event:

BMF San Francisco will take place over three venues across the city and include live on-bike music parading (and transporting all equipment, musicians, fans & fun) between venues.

About the Bicycle Music Festival

The Mission of the Bicycle Music Festival is to promote sustainable culture in general and bicycle culture in particular, by physically engaging and immersing our community in the magic of bike culture, and cultivating and nurturing a network of local sustainable musicians, through our staging of free, community participatory, bicycle-based music events.

The Bicycle Music Festival is the largest 100% bicycle-powered music festival in the world. The free, all-day (and late into the night) event takes place annually in San Francisco, California on the Saturday closest to the summer solstice. This year the festival rolls on Saturday June 20, 2009.

The Bicycle Music Festival features: a 2000 watt pedal-powered PA system, as many as 15 bands, up to 7 festival stops, outrageous Critical Mass-style bicycle party caravans between festival stops, and zero use of cars or trucks.

With its completely bike-haulable stage, the event is packed up and deployed numerous times: staged sequentially at different public parks and also on a moving “Live On Bike” stage which rolls down city streets.

Who: You and your bike
What: Bike culture and a good exercise
Where: San Francisco (tba, check Web site)
When: Saturday, June 20.
Why: It looks like fun and it's free

http://bicyclemusicfestival.com

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Friday Night Concerts

Free Friday night concerts at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk from June 19 through September 4. Two free shows each Friday from 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on the Beach Bandstand.

2009 Concert Season Line Up:
June 19 The Fixx "One Thing Leads to Another"
June 26 Gregg Rolie, Santana original lead singer "Black Magic Woman"
July 3 The Smithereens "A Girl Like You"
July 10 Loverboy "Working for the Weekend"
July 17 Starship starring Mickey Thomas "We Built This City"
July 24 Eddie Money "Take Me Home Tonight"
July 31 Ray Parker Jr. "Ghostbusters"
August 7 Greg Kihn Band "Jeopardy"
August 14 Papa Doo Run Run "Santa Cruz" Beach Party
August 21 Patty Smyth and Scandal "The Warrior"
August 28 The Sweet "Ballroom Blitz"
September 4 The Tubes featuring Fee Waybill "She's a Beauty"

ESCAPE from Alcatraz & a Festival and Expo

This Saturday, June 14, head to San Francisco to watch as Olympic Medalists and triathletes compete to ESCAPE from Alcatraz. The 2009 triathlon features a 1.5-mile swim from Alcatraz Island to the beach of the St. Francis Yacht Club, an 18-mile bike ride and an 8-mile run through the trails of the Golden Gate Recreational Area.

There will also be a free Fitness Festival & Expo on Saturday and Sunday located at Marina Green, the finish line of the Triathlon. The 15th annual Fitness Festival & Expo takes place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. with over 40 vendor booths.

The two-day festival offers:

• sampling
• product giveaways
• product displays
• sweepstakes and other promotions
• a food court
• beer garden
• experiential vendor displays

For more information, visit the Web site at www.escapefromalcatraztriathlon.com

Haight-Ashbury Street Fair

Get your hippie on at the annual Haight-Ashbury Street Fair on Sunday, June 14 from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. There will be live music and entertainment, arts and crafts, food and a children's area.

In it's 32nd year, the event continues to commemorate the internationally recognized Haight-Ashbury District's cultural history and diversity.


Visit the Web site for more information:

www.haightashburystreetfair.org

North Beach Festival

This Saturday and Sunday, head over to North Beach in the city for the 55th annual North Beach Festival. The festival will be held at Washington Square Park, June 13 and 14, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

As with most festivals, there will be live music and arts and crafts. The San Francisco festival will also have a celebrity pizza toss, animal blessings, a cooking stage and Italian street chalk art.

Ride public transit or carpool. Validated parking offered.

Check out the North Beach Festival Web site for more details.

San Jose Music in the Park

Free concert series in downtown San Jose. Every Thursday from 5:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. at Plaza de Cesar Chavez (Market Street between San Fernando and San Carlos streets).

This year's lineup:
June 4: Evolution (Journey tribute) and Long Gon Bonl (bon-era AC / DC tribute)
June 11: Sierra Leone's Refugee Allstars (world / reggae)
June 18: Third Eye Blind (alternative rock); supported by Pilot Speed playing a full set
June 25: Pete Escovedo (latin jazz)
July 2: The Tubes (classic rock)
July 9: Eek-A-Mouse (reggae)
July 16: Pato Banton (reggae)
July 23: Matt Nathanson (pop / rock); supported by MiGGs
July 30: Colin Hay of Men at Work (pop)
August 6: Anthony David (R&B)
August 13: Better Than Ezra (pop / rock)
August 20: Sonny Landreth (blues / rock)
August 27: White Album Ensemble (Beatles tribute)

For more information: http://www.sjdowntown.com/Music_in_the_Park.html

Sunday Streets San Francisco

On Sunday, June 7 be on Mission Street in San Francisco for Sunday Streets. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and there is A LOT being offered. Take advantage of this fun and free day. Volunteer positions are also available.

Event Centerplace: Garfield Square Park, 26th & Harrison Street
Free bike rentals provided by Bike & Roll
Sports Basement ‘Lube Fairies’- free basic bike maintenance and information
Sunday Streets main information table and media check-in
Sunday Streets Sponsor booths
Community Based Organization information booths
Lacrosse demonstration- come learn to play with Lacrosse for Life
Free Sports Consultations presented by California Pacific Medical Center
Bookmobile, presented by the San Francisco Public Library
Pet services and information- find out about adoptions and other pet services

Bike & Roll info box
Bay City Bike Rental and Tours info box

Kid’s Activities: Garfield Square Park
Presented Mission YMCA
Heroix 4 Kids
It’s Yoga Kids!
Hula Hoops, obstacle course, and kid’s games, presented by the Mission YMCA
Kid’s bike programs, presented by the Presidio YMCA Bike Program and SFBC

Cultural Programming: Shotwell and 24th Street or Precita Eyes Visitor Center
Presented by Mission Cultural Center
Aztec Dance Demonstration
Altars
Guided mural tour by Precita Eyes Mural Arts, 11:00 AM (meet at 2981 24th St)

Roller Skating: Capp and 24th Street parking lot
Presented by David Miles- the ‘Godfather of Skate’, the California Outdoor Rollersports Association
Free skating lessons from 10:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M.
Roller rink (over 100 roller skates available for free use, while supplies last)
RollerSoccer hourly demos - RollerSoccer International Federation and SoccerHead
‘Slumdog Millionaire’ skate dance demo- 1:00 – 1:30 P.M.
Thriller skate dance demo - 1:30 – 1:45 P.M.

Dance: 24th BART Plaza (south west corner).
Presented by Rhythm & Motion /ODC and Cheryl Burke Dance Studio
Dance Class Schedule:
East Coast Swing: 10 - 10:30 A.M.
Salsa: 10:45 - 11:15 A.M.
Belly Dance: 11:30 - 12 Noon
Salsa Rueda: 12:15 - 12:45 P.M.
Urban Dance: 1 - 1:30 P.M.
Flamenco: 1:30-2 P.M.

Bike: Various locations:
Presented by the Presidio Community YMCA Bike Program and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
150 free bike rentals by
Bike & Roll (Garfield Square Park)
Bay City Bike Rentals and Tours (Mission Playground)
Bike & Roll’s ‘fun bike’, a bicycle built for six!
Sports Basement “Lube Fairies” (Garfield Square Park)
Youth Bike Rodeo by Presidio Community YMCA (Harrison and 24th Street )
SFBC’s Freedom From Training Wheels (Shotwell and 24th Street/Garfield Square Park)

Mission Playground: Valencia at Cunningham Alley/ 19th Street; Various activities
Free Bike Rentals, offered by Bay City Bike Rentals and Tours (Valencia St.)
Sponsor information booths
Yoga and Martial Arts Programs, TBA (19th Street)

Visit http://sundaystreetssf.com for more information.

Sunday Streets connects residents to San Francisco’s neighborhoods. It brings open space to communities, filling local corridors with healthy free activities, and demonstrates the benefits of increasing open space and recreational opportunities within our City. The event helps create healthier, more connected communities. Sunday Streets is healthy living, happy people, and a greener planet. Come out and play!

How cool does all this sound?!

Sunnyvale Art and Wine Festival

If you are in the South Bay this weekend, head over to downtown Sunnyvale June 6 and 7 for the 35th annual Sunnyvale Art and Wine Festival. The festival will be held from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday and will feature live entertainment, food, children's area, NASA display, wine, local microbreweries, classic car show and over five hundred artists and craftspeople. With the chance of sunny weather this weekend, don't miss out.

Location: Historic Downtown Sunnyvale on South Sunnyvale Avenue and Washington Avenue.

Web site

Silicon Valley Soap Box Derby

Ever been to a soap box derby? Well here's your chance to say you did. This Saturday, the Silicon Valley Soap Box Derby starts at 9 a.m. at Dana Street in Mountain View. Free to watch! For more information, visit http://svsbd.com.

Schedule:

• 9 a.m. Opening Ceremonies
• 9:30 Mayor's Cup Challenge
• 10 a.m. Stock and Super Stock Racing Begins
• 12 Noon Super Kids Race
• 6 p.m. Awards Ceremony
  

Israel in the Gardens Festival

This Sunday, June 7, visit Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco for the Israel in the Gardens Festival to celebrate the Jewish community. There will be music, film, resource tables, ethnic foods, and jewelry, clothing and craft booths. The festival is located on Mission between 3rd and 4th Street and runs from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

For more information about the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, click here. Take BART to the festival and get off at the Powell or Montgomery Street stations.

Union Street Festival

San Francisco's Union Street Festival is happening Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and 7. The festival takes place across six blocks from Gough to Steiner and runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be arts and crafts booths, food and live performances.

There will be an eco-zone with two blocks saved for green businesses and exhibits. The festival is in its 33rd year.

For more information, visit the event's Web site at: www.unionstreetfestival.com

Free Day at SFMOMA Tomorrow!

The first Tuesday of each month, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art offers free admission. If you're in the city tomorrow and have some free time, take advantage of this free opportunity to see some incredible exhibits.

Museum's Web site: www.sfmoma.org

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 151 3rd Street in San Francisco.

6th Annual Berkeley World Music Festival

On Saturday, June 6, the 6th annual Berkeley World Music Festival will be held on Telegraph Avenue from noon to 9 p.m. Listen to live music outdoors and inside cafes. Visit the festival Web site for more information.